A class of antivirals called Pin1 inhibitors could reduce or stop outbreaks of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), the common ...

Before cells can divide, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can ...

Infrared vibrational spectroscopy at BESSY II can be used to create high-resolution maps of molecules inside live cells and ...

Cancer cells are subjected to high mechanical pressure that leads to a rupture of the nuclear envelope when migrating through narrow tissue structures, as in the case of metastasis. DNA would normally ...

Explore how Pin1 inhibitors function as antivirals for herpes simplex virus, presenting a new avenue for HSV-1 therapy.

Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have published an analysis that reveals new functions of the ...

After uncovering the structure of a protein that allows respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to skirt the immune response in a 2017 study, a team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis went ...

The discovery of giant viruses has changed what we thought we knew about microbes. Researchers have now learned more about giant viruses that can infect bacterial cells, so-called jumbo phages.

When cancer cells are physically squeezed, they mount an instant, high-energy defense by rushing mitochondria to the cell ...